Years after his shot at stardom crashed when the lead guitarist left an on-the-rise band for a successful solo career, an LA-based piano player-turned-unlicensed private eye is talked into searching for his suddenly missing ex-band mate. The result is a return into the fast-talking, double-talking world of sex, drugs, and rock & roll where he finds that the stakes have gotten even higher, and the desperation even greater.
This book discusses the latest scientific evidence related to fever and presents the principles of clinical practice, covering different types of fever and its possible complications.
A famous account of growing up to be a fanatical football supporter. Told through a series of match reports, FEVER PITCH has enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success since it was first published in 1992.
Charles Martel is a brilliant cancer researcher who discovers that his own daughter is the victim of leukemia.
Dani O'Malley uses rare talents and the powerful Sword of Light to survive Dark Fae attacks in Dublin, where she is also challenged by a murderous former friend and a police force head who covets her sword.
Preparing to move on four years after a divorce, Annajane realizes that she is not over her ex-husband when his wedding to another woman is abruptly cancelled, a situation that is further complicated by her engagement to another man, dark ...
A fictionalized account of the life of Typhoid Mary, an Irish immigrant who moved to New York at the turn of the century and became a successful cook, until the Department of Health noticed the trail of disease she left behind.
Deborah Moggach’s wonderful Tulip Fever can offer you that.”—New York Post “Taut with suspense and unexpected revelations.”—Entertainment Weekly “Elegantly absorbing.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
The story of sexual betrayal and human failings in 17th-century Amsterdam, as the characters move inexorably towards a grand deception and a tragic climax. (Payot.ch) Seventeenth-century Amsterdam is a city in the grip of tulip mania.
1880, South Africa - a land torn apart by greed.
A thrilling tale of exploration, conquest, money, politics, and medicineThe Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in human history. It literally required moving mountains, breaking the back of the great...